CUBA/U.S.: Singer Estefan Lobbies Obama For Dissidents Freedom.

REUTERS/    While hosting a Democratic cocktail fundraiser in her Miami home, Cuban-American singer Gloria Estefan asked President Barack Obama to work for the freedom of Cuba's jailed dissidents. The reception was closed to media, but Obama was seen viewing photographs of the Cuban dissidents, the "Ladies in White".

CUBA: Miami March Renews Exiles' Hopes.

MIAMI HERALD/    The thousands dressed in white marching along Calle 8 in Miami to show support for Cuba's Ladies in White is inspiring a Cuban exile community often ignored when denouncing human-rights abuses on the island.